Grass Stains
jiwoong, Yulin Gu, Amos Kang, William Kim, Seung-Jun Lee, Janette Oh, Jungeun Park, Jeenho Seo, Basharat Ali Syed, Joseph Torres, James Warren, Rachel Yanku
Readings by Izzy Casey, Kimin Kim, DJ Malinowski, Madeleine Young
Sonic activation by sbae, Utkan Dora Öncül, igloo99
Food by edible affairs
July 20, 2024
Cooper Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Press Release
Reflection by Yindi Chen
Site 003. Grass Stains is a one day pop-up exhibition on the fields of Cooper Park in Brooklyn, featuring pieces by twelve artists working with painting, drawing, fiber, sculpture, glass and installation along with creatives working with writing, food, and sound. It is an afternoon of sharing love for the summer season, taking it slow to take naps under the sun, focus on sounds as they are, and enjoy the short moments of breeze on a grass field and play.
You are squeezing yourself into a picnic blanket; the next group is playing music too loud but you couldn’t care less; grass moves like gentle waves; you watch time pass by looking at the large clouds as they move faster; you hear an ice cream truck driving by; people are getting in line for a hotdog; you worry about getting burnt or getting a stain from the wet grass; as the wet grass smell gets to you, you can’t stop thinking about a tall cold drink.
We collectively take this day at the park to appreciate these moments that come only from the season, to celebrate summer love, to claim temporary escape and rest. This grass field is open to vulnerability, overtly romantic ideas, and making of messes (and cleaning them up). Site and artists invite you to embrace the ambiguity between site and installation without walls, and accept the presentation blended with the field during the afternoon of July 20th.
Photos courtesy of Site
Photographed by Farfar studio
Special thank you to
Geena Kim
Yukyung Chung
Service is a proud partner of the New York-based curatorial partnership Nine.
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